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Full Length Research Paper
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Gender
differences in the experience of work burnout among
university staff
Bola Adekola
Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria.
E-mail:
bola.adekola@gmail.com.
Accepted 29 September, 2009 |
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Abstract |
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This study examined gender differences as a factor in the
experience of work-burnout among University Staff. It made use
of 1040 respondents (549 male and 491 female). Maslach Burnout
Inventory was used as an instrument to assess the level of
differences in the emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and
reduced personal accomplishment of staff of both sexes. Three
hypotheses were posited and were tested using t-test statistics.
Results indicated that there is no difference in the levels of
emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation of both male and
female staff. However, the mean of the scores on the reduced
personal accomplishment of both sexes shows a significant
difference. It was confirmed also that female staff experienced
higher level of reduced personal accomplishment than their male
counterparts. Implications of these results were given while
recommendations were made on how best to tackle the growing
phenomenon of burnout among both sexes.
Key words:
Work-burnout, de-personalisation, emotional exhaustion, reduced
accomplishment and gender. |
